In 2003 the Government of Cambodia officially began to recognise that harm reduction was an essential approach
to preventing HIV among people who use drugs and their sexual partners. Several programs aiming to control and
prevent HIV among drug users have been implemented in Cambodia, mostly in the capital, Phnom Penh. However,
there have been ongoing tensions between law enforcement and harm reduction actors, despite several advocacy
efforts targeting law enforcement. This study attempts to better understand the implementation of harm reduction
in Cambodia and how the policy environment and harm reduction program implementation has intersected with
the role of law enforcement officials in Cambodia.